Category: Austrian News

Fake text messages purporting to come from the Austrian tax authorities, such as FinanzOnline, are again rising. Recipients are supposed to call up a link and enter their personal data. This was announced by the Ministry of Finance in a press release on Friday. ‘The hyperlinks lead to fake websites in the style of FinanzOnline, which request the entry of personal data, particularly account data.’ This is ‘an attempt at internet fraud.’ FinanzOnline is the online portal of the Austrian tax authorities, which can be used to complete tax returns…

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During the nights of Saturday and Sunday, ‘quite good observation conditions for auroras can be expected in Austria’. This was announced by Geosphere Austria (formerly the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, ZAMG) on Facebook and Instagram on Friday. The social media channels said the sun is active again and has emitted at least four solar storms in the past few days, which are on their way to Earth and will arrive on Friday evening.In large parts of the country, it will be slightly cloudy or clear on Friday evening;…

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The weather will remain unsettled and only moderately warm for the next few days. If you want to enjoy the weather outdoors, keep the mornings free over the next few days. That’s when the sun will still be shining across the country. After that, however, dense clouds will dominate the sky. Today, Friday, will start off sunny. However, denser clouds in medium-high layers will soon pass by during the day, bringing no significant precipitation. Towards the evening, sunny weather will prevail again, according to Geosphere Austria’s forecast on Thursday. Early…

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An inflation of around two per cent is considered a value for healthy development. But we are still a long way from that. Austria’s economy will only develop weakly over the next few years. At the same time, the inflation rate is still far too high. This is the conclusion the economic research institute Wifo reached in its current ‘medium-term forecast’. It lists in detail what the experts expect from 2024 to 2028. Economic development: Austria’s economy shrank by -0.8 per cent in 2023 and is unlikely to make any…

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The changeable weather of the past few days ends just in time for the long weekend. According to the Ubimet weather service, high-pressure system ‘Thomas’ is bringing in dry air from north-east Europe, and temperatures are rising again to early summer levels. In the past 24 hours, a low-pressure system over the northern Mediterranean has brought a lot of moisture to the Alpine region, with significant amounts of rain falling particularly around the Koralpe and generally in the western, northern Alps. Since Tuesday morning, for example, around 54 litres/m² have…

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A repair fair will be held in Vienna for the first time in mid-May. In addition, the repair voucher with a 100-euro subsidy will start again on 21 May. On 17 and 18 May, sustainability, conscious consumption and the responsible use of resources will be the focus at Vienna’s Museumsquartier. This is because the ‘repair: fair Vienna’ is taking place for the first time.The repair fair is intended to show that things can be repaired and do not always have to be immediately replaced by a new product. Interested parties…

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Another climate record: April 2024 was the eleventh month in a row warmer than any of the previous months measured. According to data from the EU climate change service Copernicus, it was also the first recorded April with a global average temperature of over 15 degrees. According to Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo, the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases ‘will continue to drive global temperatures towards new record levels.’ The service announced on Wednesday that the air temperature at the surface averaged 15.03 degrees in April, 0.67 degrees higher than the…

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Fraudulent letters are doing the rounds: Unknown third parties are currently sending letters in the name of the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) requesting payment for a supposed ‘service fee’. RTR warns against fake lettersThe letters are created with no small amount of effort, they are labelled with the RTR logo, contact details and their QR code. This is where it gets risky: scanning the QR code takes you to a fake website and, after another click, to a form in which you are asked to provide…

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According to forecasts, Vienna will train more than 16,000 carers by 2030, thanks to the city’s investments alone. Apply now for ‘Jobs PLUS Training’!Nursing staff are already in high demand and will continue to rise. The City of Vienna is turning the tide with funding from Waff, the new specialist center, and the ‘Pflege. Future. Vienna`s training campaign is to attract interested Viennese people to the care and nursing professions. A study commissioned in 2019 identified a need for 9,000 new carers in the long-term care sector in Vienna by…

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